We’ve at the first weekend of the Toronto Fringe Festival and at this point we’ve just about finished reviewing every show at the Fringe! We encourage you to take a look through our index of reviews and share your thoughts on the shows you’ve seen or the shows you plan on seeing. Maybe we’ve managed to inspire you to check out something you hadn’t considered, and that’s just plain awesome!
We’re rolling right along with our Fringe for Free contest, so if you’ve considered seeing any of the shows listed below, now’s your chance! Once again, we’re giving away a pair of tickets to five more Fringe shows for their performances on Monday, July 10. Check below the cut for details on how to enter.
Contest Rules
To enter, send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com. Please put the show’s title in the subject line, and ensure we have your full name in the body. (We promise that your email address will not be used for any other purpose: it will not be added to any mailing lists, sold to third parties, or anything like that.)
- Each email counts as a single entry. If you want to enter all 5 contests, you must send 5 emails.
- Tickets are non-transferable and are only for the date and time indicated below. Tickets may not be exchanged. Please ensure you can attend the performance listed.
- All entries must be received by 7 PM on the day before the performance. The drawing will be held shortly after closing, and winners will be informed immediately. Winners are required to confirm their attendance by 10 AM on the morning of the performance.
- Tickets will be held in your name at the venue box office, available 1 hour before the performance. Tickets will only be held until 15 minutes before curtain: any comps left unclaimed at that juncture may be sold.
Wild/Walled
1:00 pm on July 10th at the Al Green Theatre (750 Spadina Ave)
A highly physical, honest and compelling contemporary dance performance utilizing the performance talents of the members of the vibrant and tenacious collective, Half Second Echo. Featuring the work of notable choreographers who have wowed Fringe audiences and critics in years past, this rendition investigates the assemblage and tearing down of walls in society and intimate relationships, and the natural juxtapositions to the wildness, unpredictability and untamed nature of being human.
Performances
- Thursday July 6th, 06:30 pm
- Saturday July 8th, 12:00 pm
- Sunday July 9th, 05:00 pm
- Monday July 10th, 01:00 pm
- Wednesday July 12th, 08:45 pm
- Friday July 14th, 10:15 pm
- Saturday July 15th, 08:00 pm
Show length: 60 min
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 1 PM show on Monday, July 10th please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Wild/Walled” by 7pm on Sunday, July 9th, 2017.
Photo of Nikolaos Markakis and Miles Gosse by Craig Chambers
Odd One Out
4:45 pm on July 10th at the Tarragon Extraspace (30 Bridgman Ave)
1950. A love triangle. A secret attraction. A college student disappears in the woods. Ten years later, her rival lovers reunite in an attempt to solve the otherworldly mystery: what really happened to Clementine Yates?
Performances
- Friday July 7th, 08:30 pm
- Saturday July 8th, 11:15 pm
- Monday July 10th, 04:15 pm
- Tuesday July 11th, 02:45 pm
- Thursday July 13th, 07:45 pm
- Saturday July 15th, 05:15 pm
- Sunday July 16th, 02:30 pm
Show length: 58 min
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:45 PM show on Monday, July 10th please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Odd One Out” by 7pm on Sunday, July 9th, 2017.
Photo of Mattie Driscoll, Jesse Byiers, and Krystina Bojanowski by Natalia Tcherniak.
Shirley Gnome: Taking it Up the Notch
7 pm on July 10th at the Factory Theatre Studio (125 Bathurst St)
This internationally acclaimed multi-award winner delivers smart, explicit, dark, uninhibited and silly songs about sex and human nature. Heralded as the ‘queen troubadour of intelligent black comic sex balladry” (Edmonton Journal), this is her Toronto Fringe debut. She was recently signed to 604 Records, Canada’s largest independent record label. You may have heard her on Dan Savage’s wildly popular podcast The Savage Lovecast. See for yourself – if you’re up for it. Not for the prudish or faint of heart. You’ve been warned! ★★★★★ ‘Simply Brilliant’ – 3 Weeks, Edinburgh Fringe ★★★★ ‘Hilarious’ -CBC. SHORTLISTED Best Cabaret, Fringeworld Festival (Australia)
Performances
- Wednesday July 5th, 10:30 pm
- Saturday July 8th, 02:00 pm
- Monday July 10th, 07:00 pm
- Wednesday July 12th, 09:30 pm
- Thursday July 13th, 04:15 pm
- Friday July 14th, 05:30 pm
- Sunday July 16th, 02:00 pm
Show length: 60 min
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 7 PM show on Monday, July 10th please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Shirley Gnome” by 7pm on Sunday, July 9th, 2017.
Photo of Shirley Gnome by Rufio Van Hoover
Delirium
8:30 pm on July 10th at the Tarragon Mainspace (30 Bridgman Ave)
In what The Winnipeg Free Press calls “a deliriously good show,” Dockery tells the true story of looking for meaning in the mysterious connection between love and death. Equally comical and heartbreaking, Delirium takes us from a Toronto airport to the Nevada desert, and from a Brooklyn apartment to the Mexican redoubt of the Monarch Butterfly, telling a story of both falling in love and falling apart. “Shout-it-from-the-rooftop acclaim for Delirium! A beautifully written, deftly performed, bruisingly intimate outing that offers humour and an emotional punch.” –Fresno Bee. “A master storyteller… (on a) powerful journey.” –CBC.
Performances
- Thursday July 6th, 10:30 pm
- Saturday July 8th, 01:45 pm
- Monday July 10th, 08:30 pm
- Tuesday July 11th, 07:00 pm
- Wednesday July 12th, 12:00 pm
- Friday July 14th, 04:15 pm
- Saturday July 15th, 04:00 pm
Show length: 60 min
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 8:30 PM show on Monday, July 10th please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Delirium” by 7pm on Sunday, July 9th, 2017.
Photo of Martin Dockery by Bill Kennedy
Picaza
4:15 pm on July 10th at the Randolph Theatre (736 Bathurst St)
Picaza is the Spanish word for Magpie, one of the only mammals that can recognize themselves in a mirror. This is the multidisciplinary telling of one woman’s journey to achieving self awareness, including those of the people and places that surround her along the way. Drawing upon strong roots in Latin culture, this story follows her endeavour to identify with her family, her romances, and her environment.
Performances
- Friday July 7th, 05:15 pm
- Sunday July 9th, 07:00 pm
- Monday July 10th, 04:15 pm
- Wednesday July 12th, 07:00 pm
- Friday July 14th, 11:00 pm
- Saturday July 15th, 09:45 pm
- Sunday July 16th, 01:45 pm
Show length: 45 min
To be entered into the draw for a pair of tickets to the 4:45 PM show on Monday, July 10th please send an email to contests@mooneyontheatre.com with the subject line “Picaza” by 7pm on Sunday, July 9th, 2017.
Photo of Sam Yang, Nicole Haber, Kahvontay Willis-Slaughter by Andrea Perez Leon